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Team Papilio

Team Papilo is raising money for Action for Carers (Surrey)
“Kathryn Menzies's fundraising”

on 24 March 2011

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Action for Carers supports Surrey’s unpaid carers. We help people aged 5-95 who are looking after a relative or friend, with advice, information on rights and benefits, practical and emotional support, free events, wellbeing sessions, support groups, a Helpline, drop-in Hubs and much more.

Story

<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Triathlon</span></strong></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Sally, Dave, Blair, Peter, Amrish, Helen, Aki&nbsp;and Kate (Team Papilio) are doing a leg each of a triathlon to raise awareness and money for Surrey Young Carers (SYC). </span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Friday 13th April (unlucky for some)</strong> - Cake Sale, Raffle and the running/swimming leg!!</span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dave/Blair</span> - Cycle from Chichester to Redhill -&nbsp;80km&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sally</span> - To swim a mile - 64 lengths of 25m pool</span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kate/Peter/Amrish/Helen/Aki</span>&nbsp;- To run&nbsp;the&nbsp;up &amp; down the Lombard stairs - the equivalent&nbsp;of the Gherkin&nbsp;- 591ft.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">We aim to raise <strong>&pound;3,000</strong> which will hopefully allow SYC to take an extra 12 children to a summer festival in Southampton in June. At the moment SYC budget <span style="text-decoration: underline;">only</span> allows them to take 12 children (out of 180 young carers registered with them in Surrey).</span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Who are Young Carers?</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">'Young carers are children and young persons under 18 who provide or intend to provide care, assistance or support to another family member. They carry out, often on a regular basis, significant or substantial caring tasks and assume a level of responsibility which would usually be associated with an adult. The person receiving care is often a parent but can be a sibling, grandparent or other relative who is disabled, has some chronic illness, mental health problem or other condition connected with a need for care, support or supervision.'</span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.surrey-youngcarers.org.uk/index.php">http://www.surrey-youngcarers.org.uk/index.php</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Please dig deep into those pockets and let's help make a difference to these children's lives by allowing them to be children if only for a short period of time. </span><span style="color: #0000ff;">A <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">HUGE</span></strong> thanks in advance!!! :-)</span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">- Sally, Dave, Blair, Peter, Helen, Aki&nbsp;and Kate.</span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£3,283.00
+ £235.00 Gift Aid
Online
£990.00
Offline
£2,293.00

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